New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG COURT ACT 1998 - SECT 16

16 Conditions of program

(1) The conditions of a program may allow the Drug Court to confer the following kinds of rewards on a drug offender who maintains a satisfactory level of compliance with the program--

(a) conferral of specified privileges,

(b) an appropriate change in the frequency of counselling or other treatment,

(c) a decrease in the degree of supervision to which the drug offender is subject,

(d) a decrease in the frequency with which the drug offender must undergo testing for drugs,

(e) a decrease in the amount of any monetary penalty payable to the Drug Court, as referred to in subsection (2) (e),

(f) a change in the nature of the vocational and social services attended by the drug offender or the frequency with which the drug offender is required to attend vocational and social services.

(2) The conditions of a program may allow the Drug Court to impose the following kinds of sanctions on a drug offender who fails to comply with the program--

(a) withdrawal of privileges conferred on the person, as referred to in subsection (1) (a),

(b) an appropriate change in the frequency of counselling or other treatment,

(c) an increase in the degree of supervision to which the drug offender is subject,

(d) an increase in the frequency with which the drug offender must undergo testing for drugs,

(e) a requirement that the drug offender pay a monetary penalty to the Drug Court,

(f) a requirement that the drug offender be subjected to imprisonment in a correctional centre for up to 14 days in respect of any one failure to comply with the requirements of the order,

(g) a change in the nature of the vocational and social services attended by the drug offender or the frequency with which the drug offender is required to attend vocational and social services.

(3) Any monetary penalty payable by a drug offender, as referred to in subsection (2) (e), is recoverable by the registrar of the Drug Court as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(4) This section does not limit the conditions that may form part of a program apart from this section.